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Bandwidth Usage and Cost Calculators. What programming language to use for a web start-up | LinkedIn Answers. The Best Programming Language for a Lean Startup. Think arguments between religious zealots are intense? You’ve obviously never witnessed two developers – usually new developers – debate the following question: What is the best programming language? There is a good reason why a programming debate resembles a dogmatic religious debate: both sides have invested heavily in something that achieves essentially the same goals but cannot point to a specific reason why their choice is “better”. Of course veteran programmers find these debates tedious because they have seen so much come in and out of fashion. Their usual – and correct – answer is “it depends”. This ambiguity presents entrepreneurs with a dilemma since ultimately a start-up has to make a decision to bet on a particular technology stack. Someone on aardvark is asking me “Why is Python so much better than PHP?”

Indeed. 6 months ago I would have attempted to answer this question with some rambling diatribe about scalability, developer cost, frameworks, etc. 1. 2. Video Tutorial: SERVER-SIDE PROGRAMMING VS. CLIENT-SIDE PROGRAMMING. Difference between "Client Side" and "Server Side" Understanding the difference between "Client Side" and "Server Side" We get so many inane questions that revolve around this subject that I decided to try and be more helpful by providing a sort of "reference" document that will enable people who may be confused to read up a bit and save everybody some time. In fact, its more of a selfish move on our part, since now if I can get most of the information into this document, then the next time somebody asks another one of these questions, all we have to do is point them to this article.

First, the simple explanation: Client side is what's happening on your computer in your browser. Server side is when the server is being used to process something. With these two beliefs firmly fixed in our minds like concrete sticking to the sides of the Grand Coulee Dam, let's take it down to the next level and get into a few more details. Now let's say you have a textbox in a web page and you want to use client side code to make something happen.

So! Web development. Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). Web development can range from developing the simplest static single page of plain text to the most complex web-based internet applications, electronic businesses, and social network services.

A more comprehensive list of tasks to which web development commonly refers, may include web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, web server and network security configuration, and e-commerce development. Among web professionals, "web development" usually refers to the main non-design aspects of building web sites: writing markup and coding. For larger organizations and businesses, web development teams can consist of hundreds of people (web developers).

Web development as an industry[edit] Since the commercialization of the web, web development has been a growing industry. Typical areas[edit] Basic[edit] Web_development_timeline.png (PNG Image, 2566x2129 pixels) - Scaled (30.